Eintracht Frankfurt secured their place in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals with a commanding 4-1 victory over Ajax in the second leg of their round of 16 tie.

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes scored a hat trick in a 4-1 win over 10-man Real Sociedad, and Tottenham overcame AZ Alkmaar 3-1 as both Premier League clubs advanced to the Europa League quarterfinals.

A heavily rotated Ajax side was knocked out of the UEFA Europa League on Thursday after a 4-1 hammering at the hands of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Deutsche Bank Park. The Amsterdammers had lost the first leg 1-2 in Amsterdam.

We shall face Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Europa League quarter-finals. Having overcome AZ Alkmaar in the round of 16 on Thursday night - overturning last Thursday's 1-0 defeat with a 3-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to progress 3-2 on aggregate - we will now face the German Bundesliga side in the final eight.

Eintracht Frankfurt playmaker Mario Götze was showered with praise after his gala performance in the Europa League last-16 win over Ajax Amsterdam. The man who scored Germany's winner in the 2014 World Cup final has struggled ever since,